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Mass Movement Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for…
- Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self…
- It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral…
- People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also…
- When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture,…
- Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new…
- A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness…
- The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure.
- The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a…
- What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
- The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the…
- There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and…
- Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new…
More Mass Movement Quotes
- A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy… — Eric Hoffer
- Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose… — Eric Hoffer
- If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The visions of the INFJs tend to concern human welfare, and their contributions are likely to be made independent of a mass… — Isabel Briggs Myers
- Sometimes a few passionate people change the world; sometimes they start a mass movement and millions do. — Rebecca Solnit
- One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves… — Wole Soyinka
- It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some… — Eric Hoffer
- People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy… — Eric Hoffer